BlueMUSE [ESO] is a blue-optimized, medium spectral resolution, panoramic integral field spectrograph that is planned for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) with first light foreseen for 2030. BlueMUSE builds on the heritage of the MUSE integral field spectrograph, the currently most oversubscribed instrument on the VLT, and IA is a member of the consortium to build the instrument led by Lyon. The BlueMUSE project had their Gate 0 kick-off meeting in Nov/Dec 2022. The IA contribution to the project will be in the area of control software and electronics.